the Salvat ion of tl:eChurcl) from his Perfon. 95 own breafis) how willyou b~lieveifI tellyou ofhea·ven[y things, ifl declare unto you the deep Counfels of the Will ofGod above, 'V. 12. But hereon a QE.efiion might arife, how he 1hould hirrifelf come to the knowledge of thefe heavenly things whereof they had never heard betore, and which no other man could tell them of, efpecially conlidering what he had faid before, 'V. 1 r. T¥e JPeak that we do know, and teflifywhat we ha'Vefeen. Hereofhe gives an account in thefe words. Wherefore the afcending into Hea'Ven which he de– nies unto all men whatever, no man hath afcend~d up to Hea– 'Ven, is an entrance into all the Divine heavenly Counfels of God; no man ei~her hath or ever had a fu-ll Comprehenfion ofthefeheavenJythings but he himfelf alone. And unto: him it is afcribed on a double Account;firfi,that he came downfrom Heaven, fecondly, that when he did fo, he) 'et flill con~innuetl in Heaven; which two properties give us fuch a defcription of the Perfon of Chh:fi, as declare him a full Poffeffor of all the Counfels of God. He defendedfrom Hea'Ven in his Incar– nation whereby he became the Son of man ; and he is and was tlien in Heaven in the E.ffence and Glory ofhis Divine Na– ture. This is the full of what wea~rt. In the Knowledge and R_evelation ofheavenly Myfieries unto the Calling, San- .· frification and Salvation of the Church, cloth the Prophe– tical Office of Chrifi confift. This he pofitively affirms c~mldnot otherwife be, but that he who came down from Hea-: 'Ven, was alfo at the fame In!l:ant in Hea·ven. This is that glorious Perfon whereofwe fpeak. He whn being alwaies in Heaven in the Glory and E.ffence of his Divine Nature, came down from Heaven not locallyby a mutation ofhis Re-· . fidence, but by difpenfation in the Affumption of our Na- · ture into Perfonal Unionwithhimfelf; he alone is meet and' able to be the Prophet ofthe Ghuidi in the Revelation ofthe }jeavenlyMy!l:eries ofthe Coun(elsofthe Will of God. . In, /Jim '
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